International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) Volume: 09 Issue: 07 | July 2022
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SEMI – AUTOMATIC ARECA NUT COLLECTING MACHINE Joswyn Rajat Menezes 1, Anirudh Puranik 2, Royston Corda 3, Pruthvi 4, Dr. Mohan Kumar 5, Kaushik Shetty6 1,2,3,4 Under
Graduate students, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MITE, Karnataka, India Associate Professor, Department Mechanical Engineering, MITE, Karnataka, India 6Kaushik Shetty, Production Engineer, Advance Cable Technology Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------5
Abstract - Areca nuts are first plucked from the tree and
which boosts collection rate. It has turning provision which makes transportation easy. Depending upon the features of the proposed concepts following are the key points, it requires less effort, user friendly, ease of operation. Proposed concept is simple and cost effective then compared to existing concepts, which helps to achieve objectives of the project.
laid out to dry on the ground. Directly collecting dried areca nuts from the ground is a tedious process. Therefore, a machine is developed, which can collect areca nuts directly from the ground into a gunny bag. After that a trolley can also be used to transport the bags to storage areas, after they have been filled or else it can be done manually. The farmer himself can utilize the device because it can be operated by a single person. The machine can be used without any power sources. The rotational mechanism, which grabs the areca nuts from the ground, is the main component of the machine. A chaindriven Conveyor having U-shaped cups attached to it carries the collected areca nuts up into the bags by elevator mechanism
Mr. Santosh Kunnur and Bhaskar Kulkarni [12] have done fabrication work of the machine. The areca nut collecting and bagging machine is constructed as follows, initially, rectangular GI pipes are used to form the chassis. Following that, the wheels are mounted to the chassis. The front scrapper mechanism is made up of rollers, and the scrapper blades are attached to the scrapper blades by a belt. After that, the scrapper is mounted on the chassis. Underneath this scrapper lies a sheet of aluminium metal with holes drilled in it. This sheet metal serves as a filter for small stones and dirt as well as a guide for Areca nut travel. Following that, buckets are made and attached to the chain.
1. INTRODUCTION Areca nut is a major economical crop that is grown in India and many other Asian countries. In India, areca nut is largely grown in Karnataka and Kerala. It is harvested when it is fully ripened. After harvesting, it is sundried for about 45 to 60 days by trading them in a single layer on level ground. After the areca nuts are dried up, they should be bagged and moved to the storage area. The collecting and bagging of the areca nuts is a time-consuming process and the nonavailability of laborers is a major challenge in the timely bagging of the areca nuts. Even though machines are available for different types of areca nut farming work, there is no machine currently available for the collection and bagging of areca nuts, which has resulted in a labour shortage in the agricultural sector. Farmers face additional challenges such as late reporting, insufficient labour, and higher wages. It is also a more time-consuming technique that is not suited in emergency situations such as rain, and it requires more labour to pick areca nut directly from the ground level. As a result, we're working on a machine that collects Areca Nuts directly from the ground and places them in gunny bags.
Kiran K, Arun Kumar Govin [14] Have developed a machine which occupies major role in post drying process of areca nut. After the Areca nut is dried for sufficient time it is subjected to dehusking process. Dehusking manually is inefficient and is restricted to small quantity. So a machine is developed with sharp knife edge which can dehusk amount of Areca nut compared to human work and trials have been conducted for different size of Areca nut for comparing the results.
3. METHODOLOGY
2. LITERATURE REVIEW Fig. 1 Final assembly
Jagnnath Pattar and Dr. Ashok Mehatha [1] have used components like pulley, crankshaft, drive shaft and bearing, chain drive and belt conveyor to collect Areca nuts into a bag mounted on a movable machine. The scrapper mechanism of the machine uses larger scrapper arms to collect Areca nuts,
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The entire system for collecting and bagging areca nuts is housed in a mobile machine. The machine mainly involves two mechanisms, Rotary gear mechanism and chain conveyer mechanism. The rotary gear mechanism consists
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